Can a friendship turn into something more?
Bailey Williams is an 18 year old marine brat with more strength then you can even imagine. After watching her father leave since she was little and having to fight for her life as well can change a person. But the one person who kept her sane was her best friend Jayden, who she is head over heels in love with. Can she keep from telling him her true feelings? Or will someone else come in and steal her from his grasp? Or will something even bigger than the three of them take Bailey away for good? I guess you will just have to read to find out…
***Sequel to My Hero's My Marines***
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I held my head in my hands at I sat on the floor sobbing. I can't
believe I just did that. I just did. "Hey. Hey, hey it's alright
baby. Shhh." I felt warm hands picking me up and pulling me onto
a warm body. Dad held me tightly to his chest as I sobbed deeply.
I looked up at him as the tears flowed freely from my eyes. He
looked down at me moving a piece of hair from my face.

"What am I going to do Daddy?" He kissed my forehead.

"I don't know sweetheart."

"I can't let him hurt me anymore." He nodded gently rocking me.

"I know sweetheart. You did what you needed to do. I know you did
because if you didn't then you wouldn't be crying this hard." I
laid my head back onto his chest and snuggled into the warm
fabric.

"I wish it was different Daddy. I wish it would work out between
us. I love him." Dad held me tighter.

"I know Baby shhh I know you do." I shook my head.

"I wish it was different." He pulled my face to look at his.

"I know. God I know. But this right here is what's supposed to be
like. I know you love him. I know you do. But he hurt you. More
than once. That's not okay. You need someone who won't hurt you.
Someone who loves you and only wants what best for you. Baby that
what you need." I looked up at him wiping my tears.

"How am I ever going to find a guy like that?" I asked pouting.
Dad smiled.

"Don't look for him. He will find you when you least expect it."
I sighed putting my head back into Dad's shoulder. I heard the
door knock making me look up.

"I can't face him Dad. I can't." He nodded.

"Go to your room. I'll talk to him." Dad pulled us up together
and let me go. "Go I come to your room when he's gone." I nodded
running off to my room without looking back. Dad turned around as
the door knocked again. He opened the door to see Jayden standing
there, tears running down his face.

"Is," He cleared his throat before wiping the tears off his
cheek. "Can I talk to Bailey? Please."

"Son why don't we talk." He said gently walking out of the house
closing the door behind him.

"Yes Sir, But I just really need to talk to her it's really
important." Dad sat down and patted the spot next to him. Jayden
sighed sitting down next to him looking out into the distance.

"I know what you and Bailey where talking about." He looked over
at him. "I know the kiss in the hospital. I know about the whole
conversation in the hospital."

"Sir I, I, I, I'm sorry." He shook his head.

"As much as I want to kill you right now I'm thinking of my
family. For my only daughter." Jay nodded.

"I love her Sir, so much." Dad sighed messing with a bracelet on
his wrist.

"I know you do. But what Bailey said was right. It's time you
both think about other people."

"I screwed up I know I did. Please I just need her to know that I
need a second chance."

"Jayden you have to understand you are killing her inside. The
light that used to be in my daughter's eyes isn't there anymore.
You are killing her. She loves you and all you do is hurt her."
Jayden put his head in his hands.

"I know you don't mean it. I have watched the two of you grow up
together. You would never hurt her on purpose but you do hurt
her, so much." Jayden's shoulders shook as he cried. "I know you
love her. But maybe it's time you both just think of other
people. You go off to the Island in a couple of months and Bails
is going to go to college. You need to be ready for that."

"But I can't not have her in my life."

"Then you both have to bite the bullet and just be friends."

"But she is, she, I love her." He shuddered on his words.

"You might love her Son, but its best for both of you. You both
are just miserable right now."

"I wish it was different. I wish this whole thing never
happened."

"When you two get older, you might see that this was just a bump
in the friendship you have. But right now you just need to split
from each other. That girl, what was her name,
Bitchaurus….Sophia. That's it. You and her should try something.
You never know."

"But I don't like her. I just used her."

"Not what you want to tell the father of the girl you are 'deeply
in love' with." Dad moaned laughing a little.

"Sorry Sir."

"What I'm trying to say is you need to move on. You need to take
what you learned from this problem and take that and fix it."
Jayden looked at him. "Take the mistakes you did with Bailey and
fix them, make yourself a better person. You are the only person
that can change yourself." Dad looked at the sky, watching the
clouds roll by. "When you find the girl you should be with,
you'll know it. She will jump at you. She will make you only see
her face. And I know that Bailey just isn't what you need right
now. She needs someone who loves her and won't hurt her. Jayden
you hurt my little girl."

"I'm sorry Sir. I really am."

"You know you say sorry a lot. It makes me have a hard time
believing you."Jayden looked up at Dad his green eyes bight as
you saw the tears clearly in them.

"Sir…" He trailed off.

"Jayden I have to protect my little girl and her heart is one of
my biggest concerns. I need to make sure the guy she picks to
spend the rest of her life with is the right guy for her." He
looked down at him. "You are a great guy Jay, trust me I know you
are a great guy. I have known you for 13 years. But Jayden you
aren't the right guy for her. You need to find the right guy for
yourself."

"How the hell am I supposed to do that?" He asked watching dad as
he stood up from where they were sitting on the steps of the
house.

"That's for you to figure out there Son. Not me. I already found
my girl and have 4 kids with her. You need to find the girl that
pains your heart to be away from. She needs to be the girl that
holds your heart. You need to find her."

"How will I know when I found her Mr. Williams?" Dad smiled at
him walking to the door opening it. He turned to look at Jayden
one last time.

"Trust me Son, you'll know when you find her." He shut the door,
leaving Jayden sitting on the step thinking over everything he
was just told….